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  • McCain: Health debate hurt by Kennedy's absence [praises Kennedy as "master negotiator"] [barf]

    08/23/2009 9:08:44 AM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 81 replies · 1,651+ views
    AP ^ | 2009-08-23
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. John McCain says the absence of ailing Ted Kennedy in pushing health-care reform has made a "huge, huge difference" in whether legislation gets passed. McCain praised Kennedy, a Democratic senator from Massachusetts, as a master negotiator who could bring together parties with different points of view and make the right concessions to reach agreement. McCain said health-care reform might be in a very different place today if Kennedy had been able to participate in the discussions.